Operations and Planning Management Skills course

This course is designed to give employees a solid foundational knowledge in the field of Operations Management. It provides staff with the skills to make informed decisions and the ability to achieve a better level of performance.

• A person assessed as competent against this course will be able to:
  • Forecasting
  • Apply Quantitative Forecasting models
  • The role of tracking forecast error
  • Qualitative forecast techniques
  •   Apply Qualitative Forecast techniques
  • Sales and Operation Planning
  • Aggregating the Plan
  • Sales and operations planning
  • Quantitative forecasting
  • The aggregate planning process
  • Manufacturing Planning & control
  • Manufacturing StrategiesAlternative Manufacturing Strategies
  • Planning horizons for medium term planning
  • Developing a production plan
  • Short range planning
  • Master production schedule (MPS)
  • Rough-cut capacity planning
  • Make-to-stock and Make-to-order production environments
  • Evaluate and understand the concept of master scheduling
  • Master scheduling in a make-to-stock environment
  • Master scheduling in a make-to-order environmentMastering rough-cut capacity planning